The economic news of late has been a bit wobbly—the surprisingly weak pace of jobs growth in December, in particular. But letting the tail end of a handful of numbers (that may or may not be revised) is a dangerous game for drawing strategic conclusions about the overall state of the economy. On that note, let’s move a bit closer to the realm of robust analytics and note that there are still no convincing signs of trouble for the business cycle when we look at the broad macro trend across a diversified set of 14 economic and financial indicators.
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